St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-03

MltS' CRISP. were pleugeu. IN
August, 1886, Notwithstanding his engage
ment to her, he married another, and she
has been wounded in feeling, injured in
health and deprecated by her friends anS
neighbors SO, 600 worth
A reporter called at the COwley resi-
dence, No. 80 Forbes street, last night, ana
asked to see Augustus Cowley. After
few minutes young man of about 35
years entered the room and said he was the
gentleman asked for. After the reporter
had stated the object of his call, Mr.. Cow
ley took him into an adjoining room and In
tr0duced the reporter to his father, saying
that he could better furnish such informa-
ton as the GLOBE representative wanted
than himself. MI. Cowley, ST., then
gave the reporter the following history of
| the affair:
About two years ago Mr.. Cowley wished
to procure the services of a housekeeper,
his wife being dead, and seeing all adver-
tisement i'll local paper to the effect that
lady wished to procure such a situation,
he answered it, and Mrs. Crisp was installed
| in his home as houSekeeper. She came
recommended by MIR. Hail. of the state
university. and Minneapolis druggist,
whose name he had forgotten. Matters
went along very smoothly for time. The
| family consisted of Mr.. Cowley, his son
and Leander Basch. teller in the Bank Of
Minnesota and the housekeeper, Mrs.
Crisp. After few weeks, in the language
of Mr.. Cowley, 'Mrs. Crisp got to kidding
withthe boys" Mr.. Cowley, ST., thought
this was improper in housekeeper, and
| took occasion to speak to her about it. He
says that in reply she exclaimed, "Oh, I
| am only having a little
FUN WITH THE BOYS.
| They are the most innocent kids l know OF
for their age'' On another occasion Mrs.
Crisp, according to Mr.. Cowley, said that
''both of the boys were mashed on her."
Mr.. Cowley said that he guessed that the
boys thought the fair widow was just about
right, but that she paid as much attention
to one as she did to the other. On one oc-
casion his son had asked him how he
and that he had told him in reply that he
didn't think she would do at
all. Shortly after this interview
between father and son, in the month
of June. it was arranged that Mrs. Crisp
should resign her position as housekeeper
and that the elder Nh Cowley should fur
nish her money to go to Little Falls, n. Y,
where she has relatives. Soon after Mrs.
Crisp left st. Paul Mr. Cowley, Sr., re-
ceived letter from her, dated at Little
Falls, asking him to allow her to return to
his service, and requesting reply by tele-
graph. In answer he sent her message
that her return was not desirable under any
circumstances. She, however soon after
wards returned to st. Paul. and few days
afterwards went to Minneapolis. When
next Mr.. Cowley heard from
Mrs. Crisp she was in Portland, Ore.
and said she was going to San Francisco.
One day, as Mr. Cowley, ST., was stand
| ing at window in his office in the Second
National bank, he saw Mrs. Crisp on the
street. She also saw Mr.. Cowley and beck
oned to him to come out to her. Mr. Cow
ley went out and invited her into his Office.
She said she would go in if she would not
see his son. She didn't want to see him.
Mr.. Cowley assured her that she would not
see his son, and Mrs. Crisp went into the
office with him. During the conversation
which followed, Mr.. Cowley told the widow
of his sons marriage. but she said she
didn't care anything about it. She said she
was keeping house for a lawyer at Shell
| Lake, Wis, and that as he was away from
! home and she had nothing to do, she had
come to ST. Paul to see the carnival. She
said she didn't like to go alone
Ito visit the ice palace and asked Mr..
fCowley to take her up there. Mr.. Cowley
said he could not leave the bank during
banking hours. but it was finally arranged
that Mr.. COwley should call at the Mer-
chants hotel at o'clock that afternoon and
take her up to the palace grounds. Mr..
Cowley kept the engagement and the ice
palace was visited. While together Mr..
| Cowley told Mrs. Crisp of some OF his
business transactions wherein he mad made
money. "Oh," said Mrs. Crisp, you make
money too easily. You could give me ten
| or fifteen dollars as well as not" Mr..
Cowley didn't see the matter in that light,
however, and the money was not forth
coming. Mrs. Crisp returned to Shell
Lake, and on the Goth of January Mr.
Cowley, Sr., received letter from her
which read somewhat as follows:
| Mr.. Cowley-Since my return to Shell Lake
| 1 have looked at the matter OF your sonls mar
| riage in different light, and now my Indg-
nation knows no bounds. You know that
your son asked for your consent to our mar
riage, and that you refused to give it, saying
that you loved me so much yourself that you
! could never stand it to live in the house and
see us living as man and wife. ID. A. Monfort
| told your son that he would be foolish TO
cross you in the matter, as he would then
| lose all your money when you died. Your
| son then came to me and said we would wait
that you wouldn't live very long and then
we could marry. 1 am going to consult the
| best attorney l can find and see il young
man can marry one woman when he is en-
| gagged to another. shall take this step il
| only TO create scandal. You were so uIral9
| that there would be scandal while was az
| your house.
The above was the tenor Of the lette
which was signed Mrs. II. Crisp"
Mr.. Cowley took the letter from one OF
three packages of letters and kilograms, al
of which, he said. were from Mrs. Crisp to
either himself or his son. From the sam
package from which he took the lette
given above Mr.. Cowley drew a car
photograph and handed it to the reports
with the remark: '.Oh. she's good-looking
she's masher, and if she was only well
educated she would be very dangerous
woman"
Both Mr.. Cowley and his son deny thai
there was any engagement between Mr..
| Cowley, the younger, and Mrs. Crisp.
Judge Brisbine will represent Mrs. Crisp
in the case, and c. D. O'Brien will appear
for Mr.. Cowley.
In reply to an inquiry telegraphed to
Shell Lake last night, the following was
received:
| SHE'LL LAKE, Wis, March Mrs. Harriet
| A. Crisp is comparative stranger here. All
| that is known of her is that she came from
| Minneapolis some three or four months ago,
| and has since been housekeeper for Judge
| Mead, of this place.